Job 40:15
What does Job 40:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 40:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
- Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
- Job 39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
- Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
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